Young Dragon Protectors’ excel with shield designs

A rip-roaring well done to all the children who took part in the Design a Shield workshops across ANGUSalive facilities during the school holidays.

Around 100 primary school-age children from across Angus attended the free Dragon Matrix craft workshops to produce their own special heraldic shields and at the same time join the Dragon Protection League.

Katarzyna took part in the competition at Arbroath Library. Her spellbinding shield design earned her opening night family tickets to the swashbuckling Sinbad pantomime at the Webster Memorial Theatre in Arbroath, as well as a host of Dragon Matrix goodies and a Dragon Protection League certificate.

Second prize went to Daisy Mackie (4), who created her shield at Montrose Sports Centre and third place to Lily Phoenix May (7) who designed her shield at Montrose Museum. Both will receive Dragon Matrix goodies and a certificate.

Kirsty Hunter, Chief Executive of ANGUSalive said, “The standard of all the children’s artwork was fantastic, leaving our judges with a very difficult task to pick out a winner.

“It has been really impressive to see the imagination shown in the childrens’ work, as they linked their own family backgrounds with the history of Angus.

Symon Macintyre, Artistic Director, Vision Mechanics, said: “We would like to congratulate Katarzyna on her fantastic design and were delighted to see all of the shields which were made throughout the holiday period. It was great to see the children and wider communities embrace the whole concept of creating their own dragon shields, and get truly immersed in the spirit of Dragon Matrix!”

All the winning shields will be on display at the Ranger’s Centre at Monikie Country Park, with the other shields all on display throughout the park until 31 October.

Dragon Matrix, the augmented light reality show featuring dragons and other magical creatures within the theatrically lit woods of Monikie Country Park, runs until 31 October.

Visitors are being urged to download the Dragon Matrix App prior to their visit.

The Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 1pm-6pm and on Saturday, between 10am and 3pm. On performance nights, the Box Office hours will be extended, changing to Tuesday – Friday, 1pm-7.30-pm and on Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays from 6pm-7.30pm.

The main Woodland area and access to the North Pond at Monikie Country Park will be closed from 3 to 30 October. All other walks and trails, as well as access to all facilities are open as normal.

ANGUSalive is Scotland’s newest culture, sport and leisure trust has been operating since December 2015. The trust offers residents and visitors to Angus a wealth of services which promote healthy, active and creative lifestyle choices using our sports centres, country parks, theatres and venues, museums, galleries, archives and libraries across the county. For more information visit: http://www.angusalive.scot/ or https://www.facebook.com/ANGUSalive.Scot/

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Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design

2016 will shine a spotlight on Scotland’s achievements in innovation, architecture and design through a wide-ranging, variety of new and existing activity.

The Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design started on 1 January 2016 and will run until 31 December 2016. It will build on the momentum generated by the 2015 Year of Food and Drink as well as previous years including Homecoming Scotland 2014, the Year of Creative and the Year of Natural.

Through a series of exciting events and activity, the year will showcase Scotland’s position as an “innovation nation”, its outstanding built heritage, and its thriving, internationally acclaimed fashion, textiles and design sector.

The Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design is a Scottish Government initiative being led by VisitScotland, supported by partners including Scottish Government, Creative Scotland, Architecture + Design Scotland, Scottish Tourism Alliance, Scottish Enterprise, The National Trust for Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).a

The Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design events fund is managed by EventScotland, part of VisitScotland’s Events Directorate

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